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... letter ( which is undated ) was written just after Burns had received the news of Mary's death , and that ' the madness of an intoxicated criminal under the hands of the executioner ' reflected his feeling of remorse in this connection ...
... letter ( which is undated ) was written just after Burns had received the news of Mary's death , and that ' the madness of an intoxicated criminal under the hands of the executioner ' reflected his feeling of remorse in this connection ...
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... letter to M'Murdo . " That sentence ' , he comments , ' is one of Currie's most brazen and successful interpolations ' . The collection referred to in the letter is , of course , The Merry Muses , and by his interpolation Currie was ...
... letter to M'Murdo . " That sentence ' , he comments , ' is one of Currie's most brazen and successful interpolations ' . The collection referred to in the letter is , of course , The Merry Muses , and by his interpolation Currie was ...
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... letter to Thomson indicates the difference in attitude between the two men : ' Let me tell you ' , he began abruptly ... letter after letter that he would not eliminate some roughness or Scotticism from a song , that he had written a ...
... letter to Thomson indicates the difference in attitude between the two men : ' Let me tell you ' , he began abruptly ... letter after letter that he would not eliminate some roughness or Scotticism from a song , that he had written a ...
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